BY HORACE HINES, Jamaica Observer, December 31, 2017

Ugandan Buddhist monk insists that Jamaica's problems can be solved by teaching the science to reduce conflictMONTEGO BAY, St James (Jamaica) -- Buddhist monk, Bhante Buddharakkhita is advocating for the employment of “mindfulness meditation” to curb the sweeping violence in the nation which has accounted for 1,600 murders since the start of the year.

By Michelle Witte, Astana Times, 9 February, 2015

ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan today is a mostly Muslim country, but the Silk Road that crossed it was an important conduit for religions, including Buddhism, and some of Kazakhstan’s historic carvings and monuments are neither Muslim nor animist, but homages to Buddhas, bodhisattvas and the monks who carried their teachings from India and China across the Eurasian landmass.

by Danny Petilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 9, 2014

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines -- At a local gym where pubescent boys and girls play, the staccato rapping of rat-a-tat-tat fills the air daily as Marian Malinao, a widow with elfin features, drops thousands upon thousands of coins into an electronic counting machine.

by Lenny FlankFollow, Daily Kos, Jan 4, 2014

Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa -- The Nan Wua Temple, located near the little village of Bronkhorstspruit in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, is the largest Buddhist temple anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere.